{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ricketts-comments-on-trump-decision-to-appoint-lee-zeldin-as-epa-administrator/", "Ricketts Comments on Trump Decision to Appoint Lee Zeldin as EPA Administrator", "2024-11-11", "2024", "2024-11", "Republican", "Senate", "NE", "Pete Ricketts", "R000618", "www.ricketts.senate.gov", "ricketts", "https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list&pagenum=", "scraper", "November 11, 2024\n\nOMAHA, NE \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued the following statement on President Trump\u2019s selection of Lee Zeldin as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator:\n\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris EPA\u2019s delusional and expensive regulations have caused prices to rise for families and businesses. They wasted millions of taxpayer dollars with grants to far-left, partisan organizations. Their mandates limited choice and hindered American innovation. As a member of the Committee that oversees the EPA, I look forward to getting Lee confirmed as soon as possible so we can finally give the American people the relief they\u2019ve been calling for.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:02:12Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ricketts-comments-on-trump-decision-to-appoint-lee-zeldin-as-epa-administrator/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6310830358415842, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}